The romance between Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse was more than just an act. For two of their real-life voice actors, it was love at the first sound bite. Unbeknownst to the public, Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor, the actor, and actress who voiced Mickey and Minnie, respectively, were married to each other in real life for nearly two decades.
The couple tied the knot in 1991, but they decided to keep their nuptials private. “It wasn’t about Mickey and Minnie; it was Wayne and Russi. We wanted to keep it about us and not about the characters,” Allwine said. Only after Allwine’s death, it was revealed that the pair had been married.
While they might be depicted as a husband and wife or in a courtship depending on what the story is, the two characters are always married behind the scenes. Speaking to Film Pictorial magazine in 1933 (via The Cinemaholic), Walt explained: “In private life, Mickey is married to Minnie.